Taking both a historical and a comparative view, Perkins explores the nature of economic growth in East Asia. He focuses on ten sites in East and Southeast Asia that achieved a substantial degree of economic success: China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand,...

Frontmatter -- Vorbemerkung -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Tabellenverzeichnis -- Abkürzungsverzeichnis -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Grundlagen nachhaltiger Entwicklung -- 3. Institutioneller Rahmen und Ziele der Nachhaltigkeit -- 4. Nachhaltige Ökonomie und Verteilung -- 5....

"This book synthesizes a research on the so-called "Tang-Song social transformation" and "society of moneyed elite" in ancient China to examine the social changes that took place in the Tang and Song dynasties. The ancient Chinese "society of moneyed elite" theory provides a conceptual frame of...